And tell me where, where is the taste?
Where is the sacrifice?
And tell me where, where is the faith?
Someday there'll be a cure for pain
That's the day I throw my drugs away
When they find a cure for pain
Where is the cave
Where the wise woman went?
And tell me where
Where's all that money that I spent?
I propose a toast
To my self control
You see it crawlin' helpless on the floor
Someday there'll be a cure for pain
That's the day I throw my drugs away
When they find a cure for pain
Morphine was an American rock band formed by Mark Sandman, Dana Colley, and Jerome Deupree in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1989. Drummer Billy Conway replaced Deupree as the band's live drummer in 1991. Deupree recorded the album Cure For Pain, with the exception of the title track which was recorded by Conway, before being permanently replaced by Conway in 1993. Both drummers appeared together during a 15 date US tour in March of 1999. After five successful albums and extensive touring, they disbanded after lead vocalist Sandman died of a heart attack onstage in Palestrina, Italy, on July 3, 1999. Founding members have reformed into the band Vapors of Morphine, maintaining much of the original style and sound.
The band used an idiosyncratic set of instruments and combined blues and jazz elements with more traditional rock arrangements, which gave it an unusual and original sound. The instruments mainly consisted of baritone saxophone (played by Colley), two-string bass (played by Sandman), and drums. Sandman sang distinctively in a "deep, laid-back croon", and his songwriting featured a prominent beat influence. The band themselves coined the label "low rock" to describe their music, which involved "a minimalist, low-end sound that could have easily become a gimmick: a 'power trio' not built around the sound of an electric guitar. Instead, Morphine expanded its offbeat vocabulary on each album."
The band enjoyed positive critical appraisal, but met with mixed results commercially. In the United States the band was embraced and promoted by the indie rock community, including public and college radio stations and MTV's 120 Minutes, which the band once guest-hosted, but received little support from commercial rock radio and other music television programs. This limited their mainstream exposure and support in their home country, while internationally they enjoyed high-profile success, especially in Belgium, Russia, Portugal, France and Australia.
I agree Daniel as I find myself getting older I am gravitating more and more to non commercial radio
I've found a cure for pain
I throwed the drugs away
"I propose a toast: To my self-control— see it crawling helpless on the floor..."
Brilliant song, brilliant album. I've said it before: If you don't like this album, you don't like music. : )
Couldn't agree more. Can't tell the same about their other albums but this album is one of the best I've ever bought!
I like the bass sax of Morphine, creates a unique sound, very identifiable.
Agreed - Dana Colley plays primarily the baritone sax, but occasionally the bass sax.
Mark Sandman died on stage of a heart attack. I never heard that it was drug induced.
I swear I've heard it was drug related, but apparently that's just crazy rumors that have nothing to do with reality. check it - https://michaelazerrad.typepad...
I throwed the drugs away !
"I propose a toast: To my self-control— see it crawling helpless on the floor..."
Brilliant song, brilliant album. I've said it before: If you don't like this album, you don't like music. : )
I second that too; this one's a masterpiece